Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-07

person, and have not directly or indi-
reCtly made any agreement or contract
with any person Wnomsoever by which
the title, claim or right so acquired
from the state shall inure in
whole or in part, by lease or purchase,
or in any other manner whatever, to
the benefit of any other person, firm
or corporation, it being understood that
no transfer of my interest in said land is
allowed until after have actually settled
upon the land and improved it as my
home; that am twenty-one years of age
/ 1t is understood and agreed that l am to
pay to the state of Texas, on the first dav
/ of January of each year, one-thirtieth of
| the value of the said land, with > per
cent. interest on the unpaid principal;
that any installment of principal, except
| the first. may be deferred until the ex-
/ piration of thirty years, but that the
whole of the purchase money shall be
paid within thirty years, and that the
interest due will be paid on or before the
first day of August of each year; that my
classification of the said land as to water
and timber is true. 1t is further under
stood that any violation of any of the pro-
visions of the law, or any violation of the
rules and regulations of the State Land
Board prescribing the manner of purchas-
ing said lands, or failure to settle upon
and improve the land within ninety days
from the date of award by the board, or
any failure to make any of the payments
required by law or said regulations, shall
work forfeiture of all money paid on,
and all claims to, the said land without
Judicial proceedings. 1t being also IN
derstood and agreed that the object of
the sale to me is for the purpose of secur-
ing bona fide settler on the land; and it
is further understood that, after the ex-
pirstion of said three years of actual resi-
dence. shall have the right, under such
regulations as may be prescribed by law,
to pay the whole amount of principal and
interest due the state for said land, and
procure patent therefor.
4. 1t shall be the duty OF the surveyor
or other agent of the state to register the
description above named in book
to be kept for that purpose,
and indorse thereon such registry,
date, and sign the same, and re-
turn it to applicant, who shall immediate
ly forward the application, with the above
prescribed oath and onethirtleth OF the
value of the land, to the Secretary of the
State Land Board at Austin, Tex, giving
to the said Secretary his postoffice ad-
dress; and any failure to so file said ap-
plicatlon, with the payment, in the Office
of the Secretary of the State Land Board
within fifteen days from date of registra- !
ton, by the officer required to register the
same, shall render said file null and void, I
and the land so filed upon shall be subject
to sale to other applicants. For such
registry the surveyor shall be authorized to
receive or collect from the applicant fee j
OF 81. The surveyor or other agent shall !
also forward to the Secretary of the State !
Land Board, at Austin, on Monday of .
each week, statement showing the .
names of the applicants who have filed
applications IN his Office to purchase any
school, University or Asylum lands dur
ing the preceding week. giving date of ,
file and description of land. Blanks
will be furnished for this purpose by the
State Land Board.)
8. As soon as such payment, with the
above named papers in proper form, has
been received by said Secretary, he shall
issue his receipt for such payment, and
forward 1t with application
and oath to the Commissioner of the Cen